Entertainment 24 Musicians Against Spotify & Other Streaming Services

Can't find your favorite jams on Spotify? If your favorite musicians are among these bands not on Spotify, there's probably a reason. This list contains information about musicians against Spotify, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Since launching in 2006, Spotify has provided music fans a way to listen to music for a low cost subscription fee and even for free (with commercials). The streaming service's low-paying compensation practices and perceived discouragement of creativity have been called into question by some of the most popular musicians of all time.

Who is the most famous musician against Spotify? Prince tops this list. In 2015, Prince pulled his music from Spotify and every other streaming service except for Tidal. He's one of many musicians not on Spotify, with most taking issue with the paltry compensation bands receive from the streaming service, despite high play counts.

Bob Seger also doesn't allow his music on Spotify, nor do fellow classic rockers like Pete Townshend and Neil Young. There are many modern bands against Spotify and other music streaming sites and platforms as well. Among them are The Black Keys, Coldplay, and even Taylor Swift.

Do you think that Spotify should pay songwriters and musicians more money? Are these bands who hate Spotify overreacting? Share your thoughts in the comments section.

Photo: via Reddit In 2015, Prince pulled his music from Spotify and every other streaming service except for Tidal. At the time, Spotify released a statement which read, “Prince’s publisher has asked all streaming services to remove his catalog. We have cooperated with the request, and hope to bring his music back as soon as possible."

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Photo: via Reddit The Beatles have an exclusive deal with iTunes, so none of their music is on Spotify.

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Photo: via Twitter In 2014, Taylor Swift pulled all of her music off Spotify. "Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for," she said in an op-ed. "It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art."

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Photo: via Twitter Neil Young pulled his music off Spotify and other streaming services because he found the sound quality to be sub-standard. "I don’t need my music to be devalued by the worst quality in the history of broadcasting or any other form of distribution,” he said. “I don’t feel right allowing this to be sold to my fans. It’s bad for my music.”

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